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. 2021 Aug 31;21:977. doi: 10.1186/s12885-021-08713-8

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the global cohort

Characteristics Total (N = 505)
Age (years) Mean (standard deviation) 64 (12.2)
Sex Male 198 (39.2%)
Female 307 (60.8%)
ECOG * 0 160 (31.8%)
1 272 (54%)
2 55 (10.9%)
3 15 (3%)
4 2 (0.4%)
Weight loss * Yes 104 (27.2%)
No 278 (72.8%)
Smoking history * Never smoker 269 (54.0%)
Ex-smoker 168 (33.7%)
Current smoker 61 (12.3%)
Lives with a smoker * Yes 43 (24.9%)
No 130 (75.1%)
Distribution of stages Stage IIIB 30 (5.9%)
Stage IV 475 (94.1%)
Histology Adenocarcinoma 482 (95.5%)
Other 23 (4.6%)
Type of mutation ** Exon 19 deletion 279 (55.2%)
L858R 143 (28.3%)
Exon 20 insertion 24 (4.7%)
Exon 18 G719X 17 (3.4%)
S768I 10 (2%)
Unknown 20 (4%)
L861Q 2 (0.4%)
T790M at diagnosis 22 (4.3%)
N° of metastatic sites 0 30 (5.9%)
1 182 (36.0%)
2 126 (25%)
3 85 (16.8%)
4 48 (9.5%)
5 23 (4.6%)
6 2 (0.4%)
7 3 (0.6%)
Unknown 6 (1.2%)
N° of patients with metastatic site at diagnosis** Bone 208 (41.2%)
Lung 190 (37.6%)
Pleural effusion 136 (26.9%)
CNS 85 (16.8%)
Liver 73 (14.5%)
Adrenal glands 45 (8.9%)
Pericardial effusion 11 (2.2%)

* Patients do not add up to the exact total (n 505) due to lack of data

** Patients may add up to more than the total (n 505) since a patient may have one or more mutations or metastatic sites at diagnosis